leggo

English

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Contraction

leggo

1. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let go.
   • 1949, William Lindsay Gresham: Limbo Tower (page 87)

     He stepped in, gripping the orderly by the front of his white jacket. "Hey, leggo me. You’ll start hemorrhaging and they’ll blame me."

   • 1966, Richard Johns: Pagany (page 120) [1]

     Hey, leggo, mister! I want to stay up there in the sun! Jim picked up the kid and carried him.

   • 2005, Christine M McMahon: Choices Made: The Street Years

     “Hey, leggo,” Nick said pushing Jamy back a little. “What are you doin’?” “I just wanted to hug you.”

2. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let's go. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

• Gogel, eglog, logge, oggle

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Italian

Verb

leggo

1. first-person singular present indicative of leggere

Anagrams

• logge